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Pat MacMillen Timberwest HBO , Hayes truck mishap .

 

[RonG]

Pat MacMillen Timberwest HBO . Highway Truck with load of "Berries" on the road .View attachment 150953View attachment 150954View attachment 150955View attachment 150956View attachment 150957

Can anyone tell how old that tree is by counting the rings etc. or does anyone bother any more.What a load.About how many board feet would you estimate in it?
How much do they usually haul on them?I have heard that they are 13' bunks.Thanks,Ron G

 

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If it is a highway truck legal width would be 8' 6". Sure a nice "Berrie", that is for sure.!

 

[HDX]

camptramp That truck pulling the low bed went on to be our H119 and the push truck became H156 I think! What do you think? The lowbed truck is a Crown Z truck and the push truck was one of your BCFP winch truck's. Do you recall any of those?

 

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These pictures would have been taken after Timberwest had changed over from Off Highway hauling wood to Honeymoon Bay DLS , to Highway Trucks hauling wood to Shoal Island DLS . The 5th wheel had been changed on the #40-91 from small CZ King pin size to larger BCFP King pin size to handle Lowbed . Lowbed truck #40-91 exCZ truck , push truck #40-138 ex BCFP truck #6-260

 

[Blk prince]

camptramp,what is the grapple doing on the goose neck? Was it unhooked from machine or a spare?

 

[HDX]

Blk prince I think they walked the shovel up on the bed Chained the grapples on the gooseneck then swung the loader around and left the lines lay against the side of the loader. That way they are not hanging or chained right in front of the push truck We do this all the time Works good

 

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Pat MacMillen Not sure when some of these pictures were taken , some are Timberwest at HBO , some are Teal Jones at HBO .

 

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Pat MacMillen HBO

 

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Pat MacMillen , Timberwest HBO The #54-66 American 7220 operator Brian Schultz loading out from Cypress Grapple Yarder .

 

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Pat MacMillen , Timberwest HBO , #41-257 Western Star logging truck at loading sides .

 

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Pat MacMillen , Timberwest HBO , 1st & 2nd pictures #41-257 logging truck in Woods at loading side . 3rd , 4th & 5th pictures at Shoal Island DLS .

 

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Pat MacMillen , 1st & 2nd pictures loading Helicopter wood . 3rd & 4th pictures loading Hoe Chucker wood on a hill .

 

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Pat MacMillen , Unloading log trucks at Nitinat First Nations Mill .

 

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Pat MacMillen , The next pictures are of the Harris Creek at a call point on the Harris Cr, M/L known as the "Seventeen Mile Rock Cut" at a flood stage and at low level . This stretch of road has been washed out on a number of occasion's.

 

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Pat Mac Mikken , Seventeen Mile Rock Cut .

 

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Pat MacMillen , Timberwest HBO , One of Log Hauling Contractor Rich Bennett's drivers have a bad day .

 

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Pat MacMillen , Timberwest HBO

 

[John Shipp]

I've often wondered if that could happen. Bump in road, or something broken off.

 

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I've often wondered if that could happen. Bump in road, or something broken off.

2 possibillities 1 the trailer wasn't sitting in the "Rider Bars" properly when leaving the trailer reload at log dump and /or hit a bad bump along road . In any event its a good time to be in the good books with the operator of a "Self Loading Log Truck" to sit trailer back on rider bars properly .